【Ferro-alloys.com】: Tata Steel Nederland plans to import zero-emission hydrogen from Norway to be used in steel production.Moreover, it plans to export the CO2 captured during the production process to Norway for storage.

Tata Steel announced that it has signed an agreement with Norwegian manufacturer Gen2 Energy, the Port of Amsterdam, CO2 and hydrogen transport company ECOLOG to explore the import of liquid hydrogen.

Tata Steel and ECOLOG also signed a second agreement with Horisont Energi, the Port of Amsterdam, OCAP, the Norwegian bank DNB,and ABN AMRO to explore the creation of a corridor for the CO2 export process to Norway.

ECOLOG's cold energy released by converting liquid hydrogen into gas in the Port of Amsterdam is to be used to liquefy C02 at the same location. The C02 is then transported by ship to Horisont Energi's import terminal in Norway, for storage. This method is reported to create a liquid hydrogen/C02 corridor where energy is managed efficiently.

Tata Steel Nederland stated that a small amount of C02 is still being released in steel production, even in new green steel plants, adding that this is only a fraction of the C02 emitted in coal-based steel production.

The hydrogen to be produced from hydroelectric power in Norway is to be cooled to a liquid form and transported by ECOLOG ships to the Port of Amsterdam. The hydrogen can then be converted into gas via a planned pipeline network and delivered to Tata Steel and other companies.

• [Editor:Alakay]